In case anyone forgot, the U.S. Dept. of Justice is still trying to extradite famous Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery for selling marijuana seeds to American customers. But they want everyone to know that the case has nothing to do with his political views: “We’ve been very clear it had nothing to do with Mr. Emery’s political stand,” said Emily Langlie of the U.S. District Attorney’s Office in Seattle. [Forbes] 

During an “excercise” to cut a cumulative 19 percent or so of the criminal-justice budget, Democratic Sen. Frederica Wilson interrupted a presentation on drug courts to ask: Is the war on drugs working? “This is a never-ending war. It costs us billions and trillions of dollars,” Wilson said. “It has been going on longer than both world wars. We’re still fighting it and building prisons.” Wilson brought up California’s “medical